Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

On a far, far happier matter, I am sure the House will want to join as one to congratulate Sam Stosur on her remarkable win. I had the opportunity of speaking to her not that long ago. She is heading for a well-deserved celebration and I think we can all imagine that she will very much enjoy that with her team and with her people who are accompanying her. I assured her that the nation was going to be celebrating with her. This is a remarkable sporting triumph, the first Australian woman to win a grand slam event since Evonne Goolagong won Wimbledon in 1980, and the first Australian woman to win the US Open since Margaret Court in 1973. It is an event to truly be celebrated. I am sure that Sam is already celebrating in her own way, and for a moment or two here in this place we celebrate with her.

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